What’s New in M365 for MSPs — August 2026

A monthly roundup of the Microsoft 365 changes that matter most to MSPs this August, covering Intune, Defender, Purview, Copilot, Outlook, and SharePoint.
The Offboarding Playbook for MSPs

A step-by-step IT offboarding playbook for MSPs, covering the checklist, the common gaps, and how to standardize and automate secure user offboarding across every client tenant.
Compliance Frameworks Every MSP Should Know

Compliance frameworks like HIPAA, SOC 2, CMMC, and NIST CSF overlap more than they differ. See how MSPs can meet them all, and how Augmentt’s CIS-mapped Microsoft 365 security posture reporting helps.
What’s New in M365 for MSPs — July 2026

M365 updates July 2026 for MSPs: changes across Intune, Entra ID, Defender, Licensing, Purview, and Copilot, with action items and key dates.
How to Automate Microsoft 365 Onboarding as an MSP in 2026

Every new client onboard starts the same way: a senior technician logs into Partner Center, then Entra, then Defender, then Intune, rebuilding the same policies they built last week for a different client. Four hours later, the tenant is configured, but the security projects that were supposed to get done this quarter got bumped again. […]
What’s New in M365 for MSPs — June 2026

June 2026 brings a dense wave of Microsoft 365 changes across identity, security, licensing, and AI, several of which require MSP action before deadlines hit. Intune Hotpatching Enabled by Default Starting May 2026 Security Update Windows Autopatch now enables hotpatch updates by default for all eligible devices, reducing the number of restarts required during patch […]
How to Detect Unused Microsoft 365 Licenses Automatically

Paying for Microsoft 365 licenses that nobody uses is one of the quietest budget leaks in IT. Under annual NCE terms, every idle seat you miss at renewal locks you into another twelve months of waste. The good news: yes, tools exist that surface unused licenses automatically without manual exports or PowerShell scripts. This guide […]
Best Alternatives to PowerShell Scripts for Microsoft 365 Management

PowerShell scripts were the go-to solution for Microsoft 365 automation…until they weren’t. Managing 50 tenants with custom scripts means maintaining 50 potential points of failure, and every Microsoft Graph API update threatens to break something you don’t have time to fix. Modern multi-tenant management platforms now handle security baselines, policy enforcement, and breach response without […]
What’s New in M365 for MSPs — May 2026

May 2026 is packed with Microsoft 365 updates hitting identity, device management, security, licensing, and AI, and some of them come with hard deadlines you really can’t ignore. This isn’t an exhaustive list of everything Microsoft shipped this month. Instead, we’ve pulled out the changes that actually matter for how you manage tenants, keep clients […]
Managing Microsoft Intune Policies at Scale: A Complete Guide

Managing Intune policies across 50 tenants using the same workflow you’d use for one is like trying to run a restaurant kitchen with home appliances—technically possible, but you’ll burn out before lunch. The math is simple: every policy you recreate manually is time you’re not spending on higher-value work. This guide covers the techniques that […]